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Davis-Monthan deployed Airmen update

Since the beginning of the year the base has deployed 1,166 Airmen in Air Force Base, Ariz., was selected by 386th Air ExpeditionaryWing
support of Operation Atlantic Resolve and various other combatant com- leadership as April’s Unsung Hero Award recipient. Dunbar distinguished
manders around the world. herself by protecting the US Speaker of the House, 30 distinguished visi-
tors, six Senators and two British members of Parliament. She liaised with
The A-10s supporting Operation Atlantic Resolve are fulfilling the the United States Secret Service guarding 105 vehicles, 215 personnel, 1K
Theatre Security Package in Europe. They have focused on close air pounds of equipment and Air Force assets valued at $121 million. This
support and strengthening communication with Joint Terminal At- enabled strategic talks for OPERATION DECISIVE STORM. Addition-
tack Controllers. The Airmen have trained alongside NATO Nations ally, she facilitated the completion of a $165 million tri-service operations,
to include Estonia, Czech Republic, Romania, Poland, Slovakia, United searched and cleared 2.1 tons of cargo and 250 Mine Resistant All-Terrain
Kingdom, and Lithuania. vehicles. Lastly, she cleared 450 combatants that flew 112 sorties in sup-
port of OPERATION INHERENT RESOLVE.
D-M Airmen have been recognized in Southwest Asia for outstanding
performance:

Master Sgt. Ryan Taylor and his emergency management team, from
the 355th Civil Engineer Squadron, earned AFCENT Joint Warning and
Reporting Network team of the month. Teams across the area of respon-
sibility compete during the monthly competition that tests Airmen’s abil-
ity to report, analyze, and disseminate Chemical, Biological, Radiological
and Nuclear information.

1st Lieutenant Brent Nichols, Contracting Officer from D-M, assisted
RED HORSE in setting up airfields to support the Combatant Com-
mander. Nichols has executed $2.3M in contracts in 2 months as well
as rectifying a $4.4M in unpaid vendors. He is also credited with saving
$346K. Nichols contracted repairs for damaged airfield in an undisclosed
location. The repairs were critical to allowing larger airframes access to
the airfield in order to re-launch offensive effort on a previously shutdown
airfield--mission ongoing as Red Horse builds new bed-downs

Airman 1st Class Tinalouise Dunbar, defender from Davis-Monthan